A panel, which recommended reservation for Muslims and other minorities in government jobs, has advocated implementation of a three-language formula all over the country for welfare of linguistic minorities.
The five-member National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities headed by former chief justice of India Ranganath Mishra said, "The three-language formula should be implemented everywhere in the country making it compulsory for the authorities to include in it the mother tongue of every child - including especially Urdu and Punjabi."
"All necessary facilities, financial and logistic should be provided by the state for education in accordance with this dispensation," it said.
The Commission made the observation while recommending measures for the welfare and uplift of linguistic minorities.
It noted "those linguistic minority groups, who keep their education restricted to their own language are often handicapped in the matter of competing with others in respect of educational development and economic advancement."
The Commission said, "members of those linguistic minority groups, whose education is limited to their mother tongue and who do not have adequate knowledge of the majority language of the region should be provided special facilities in form of scholarship, fee concession and lower eligibility criteria for admission to enable them to acquire proficiency in the regionally dominant language".
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